I have just written a message to Anthony Albanese about the hasty proposal to continue with the offshore detention of refugees. This is - and always has been - a cruel and inhumane policy. Our governments must stop being deliberately cruel to vulnerable people.
Roslyn
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Language nerd, blogger, cynic and retired teacher. I live on the land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. Trying my best to do no harm.
@Blotreport Yes, good point. I can’t see that religious fanaticism catching on in mainstream Australia, but it’s worrying that a major party is being infiltrated. We are fortunately far more secular than Americans and have the safety net of mandatory voting to protect us, hopefully, from such extremist groups. Morrison’s hypocritical religiosity was a major turnoff, along with his other foul and repulsive qualities.
It really annoys me how the Liberal Party keeps saying that "there was a perception of...", so therefore all they need to do is change the "perception" and people will love them again. What a load of self-serving drivel. There is a reality that the Liberal Party is misogynistic, old, conservative and climate change denialist in its policies and public statements. Until they accept that their beliefs and policies are contemptuous of female humans and of future human existence on this planet, they will not win female or young voters.
@fyfepeter Your post made me smile. You’re right, there’s something sort of sweet and gentle about Mastodon, as though the nastiness hasn’t crept in here yet and people are still showing their best selves. The people running Aus.Social are so thoroughly decent and hard-working too. I like your writing style. 
@KylePlantEmoji Yes, I really appreciate the loveable geekiness of scientists, especially how they notice things I don’t and use expert words that they kindly assume I know.
Doctor Ryan of Kooyong has raised the possibility of 16- and 17-year-olds gaining the right to vote. I support this initiative wholeheartedly.
As a retired teacher, I watched young people suffering through VCE with its non-stop assessment and heartless ranking system. They were trying bravely to plan their futures in a society where housing is scarce, job-seeking complex, and further study expensive.
Those young people should be able to shape our government from an earlier age. They might then have more say in protecting the environment for their own futures and for their children.
It's progressive, democratic and just.
https://twitter.com/Mon4Kooyong/status/1595504960309006338?s=20&t=mub1tYioAmXh9qgpPKRJkg
Dr Monique Ryan MP on Twitter
“The young people of Kooyong have told me that they’d like us to lower the voting age. It’s their future; they’d like to help determine it. I’ll be working with the Greens and holding community consultation events early next year, and hope to deliver this change for Kooyong.”
@dprk_ebooks You’re right! I should give credit where it’s due.
My daughter is in Darwin and has just voted in the Victorian election. I give the AEC credit for making the voting experience so rational and manageable in our country. That would hardly be a straightforward process in the USA, for example.
@creativecatjk Based on that condition, I belong!
@creativecatjk Yes indeed, as though a minuscule group of Twitter diehards seceded and set up a little settlement far from would-be Mars colonists.